Kimberley Daily Bulletin, March 23, 2015

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Abbott dumped as BC Treaty Commission head To m F l e tc h e r Black Press

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Former aboriginal relations Minister George Abbott and Tsay Keh Dene Chief Dennis Izony walk along the shore of Williston Lake, where masses of driftwood continued to pile up 44 years after the forested valley was flooded, February 2010.

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The B.C. cabinet has refused to appoint George Abbott as the next Chief Commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission, leaving the position vacant as of April 1.

Cabinet ministers were tight-lipped about the reason for the sudden reversal on appointing Abbott, who was approached about the job six months ago

by Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad.

Rustad issued a statement saying only that a search will begin for a new appointee, emphasizing the “critical importance” of the Treaty Commission’s

work towards dozens of unresolved land claims negotiations.

Health Minister Terry Lake told Kamloops This Week that he and his colleagues are bound by cabinet confidentiality on the reasons for the last-minute decision. Abbott’s appointment had already been approved by the federal government and the First Nations Summit, who share jurisdiction over the Treaty Commission with the province.

Outgoing Chief Commissioner Sophie Pierre, who agreed to a three-year extension of her term to keep the 20-year-old treaty talks moving ahead, praised

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“This retraction … after months of agreement, expectation and reliance by other parties, raises questions about B.C.’s commitment to the treaty negotiation process.”

Sophie Pierre

Abbott as “a man of integrity, intelligence and extensive experience” who was prepared to make progress.

“This retraction of the Chief Commissioner selection after months of agreement, expectation and reliance by other parties, raises questions about B.C.’s commitment to the treaty negotiation process,” Pierre said.

In recent years, Pierre criticized the B.C. government’s emphasis on interim resource agreements to push mining and gas development. Fellow commissioner Dave Haggard has warned that abandoning the slow and costly treaty talks with Ottawa means going back to court on unresolved treaties.

The official silence over the sudden reversal has fuelled speculation by Abbott and others that it was due to Premier Christy Clark’s bitterness from the 2012 B.C. Liberal leadership contest, where Abbott finished third behind Clark and Kevin Falcon. Both Falcon and Abbott left politics after clashing repeatedly with Clark about the handling of the harmonized sales tax referendum and other issues.

Nearly all MLAs from former premier Gordon Campbell’s government endorsed either Falcon or Abbott in the leadership contest.

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The economic return of arts and culture

Industry Minister explains relationship between funding of arts and culture in the context of generating economic activity T r e v o r C r aw l e y

To borrow a phrase from an American political advisor to Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential election — “It’s the economy, stupid.”

Over the past nine years, especially during the 2011 federal election, the Conservative Party hammered that mantra home.

If you recall, everywhere you turned, some Tory politician or spokesperson was asking for a “strong, stable, national, majority Conservative government” while trumpeting their economic credentials.

Conservatives like to portray themselves as the guardian of taxpayer’s money and responsible spending on economic priorities, such as infrastructure or national defence.

However, there’s more to government spending to those kinds of priorities, as brought up by federal Industry Minister James Moore last week.

Moore, who was in Cranbrook to address members of the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, spent much of his address speaking about the economy both from an inter-provincial and internationally standpoint.

However, he did devote much of his time afterwards to taking questions from the crowd, one of which was from City Councillor Danielle Cardozo, who asked Moore to explain the relationship between government funding of arts and culture in the context of generating economic activity.

“Arts and culture represents 640,000

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Federal Industry Minister James Moore last week. jobs in the Canadian economy,” said Moore.

“It’s three times the size of Canada’s insurance industry. It’s twice the size of Canada’s forest industry.

“It is a massive part of the Canadian economy.”

Given it’s impact on the economy he also lamented what he said is an apparent disconnect or general unawareness of Canadian history by Canadians.

“In only four of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories is it mandated for a child to take a history class in order to graduate from high school,” Moore said.

“So we don’t know a lot about our history, including the fact that one in four Canadians under the age of 25 can name Sir John A. Macdonald as Canada’s first prime minister.

“It’s that bad.”

In the context of arts and culture, Canada has the largest comedy festival in the world (Just for Laughs in Montreal), the largest international jazz festival (Montreal), and one of the oldest established ballet organizations in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, according to Moore.

On museums, Moore recounted an interesting story at the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa during his tenure as heritage minister, when he was in the vault containing all the historical artifacts, holding Sir John A. Macdonald’s pocket watch in one hand, and the last spike pounded into the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, B.C. “There I was as a

British Columbia heritage minister and I was holding the pocket watch for the man who had the vision, who said Canada will not be complete without British Columbia being a part of the family and built the railway,” said Moore. “And the actual last spike that has been confirmed as the actual last spike, in my hand that cemented my province into Canadian confederation.

“I thought this is a pretty cool Canadian moment, but I also thought it was a pretty disgraceful Canadian moment, because both these items are sitting in a vault and nobody can see them.”

Moore related another story of a stop at a museum in Midway during a tour through the province on his motorbike, where he learned about the history of local Japanese-Canadians who were interned in camps during the Second World War and how they overcame the trauma and rebuilt their lives afterwards.

It was an ‘impactful’ display that needed to be shared with the rest of the country, he said, which gave birth to an artifact-sharing program he developed.

“That was the first time I’d seen it,” Moore said. “That should be in the national museum and maybe if we set up a network all across Canada, we work with the Canadian Museums Association, all the small museums across the country, they will sign an agreement with the national history museum that will give them access to the catalogue of the three million items in the national museum and they can build a

thematic that makes sense to them locally.

“So we did that.”

The program was set up and the artifact insurance indemnification fund was doubled from $2.5 to $5 billion, he added.

Moore poked a little fun at himself, noting

that such a simple question turned into a lengthly answer, but concluded that investing in the arts and culture should be a priority for any community across the country.

“What is the value to arts and culture to a community?” he asked

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The Way It Was: March 22, 1956 Courtesy of the Kimberley Heritage Museum Archives

Kimberley News “Many Tributes To ‘Bert’ Banks” Representative mining men from all Cominco’s operations were present, in person or in spirit, when H. R. “Bert” Banks, retiring Superintendent of Mill Operations, was honoured at a banquet in the Elks Hall last Friday evening.

The occasion brought together visitors from Trail – headed

by Cominco’s top western executive, R. W. Diamond, Vancouver, Nelson and other points to say farewell to a man who in 32 years of service with the company left his mark not only on the mining industry but on every phase of community life.

B. E. Hurdle, general superintendent of Kimberley operations for the Company, was chairman of the informal evening, which consisted of a social hour, followed by a dinner in Mr. Banks’ honour.

Feature of the evening was not so much the presentation of gifts to the retiring superin-

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tendent but the spontaneous and deeply-felt reminiscences of early days in Kimberley operations and the opportunity to many oldtimers to exchange greetings.

Mr. Hurdle read many letters and telegrams from nationally known figures in the mining work all paying tribute to Mr. Banks including one from the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy conveying a life membership on the former superintendent.

Although he has retired from his Cominco service, Mr. Banks will be by no means idle. He leaves shortly for Ottawa where he will be co-chairman of the forthcoming Commonwealth Mining Conference.

Presentations were made by A. G. Robertson for the Mill; C. D. M. Chisholm for the mine; P. F. McIntyre for Cominco; T. M. Anderson for the Benevolent Society; D. Harrison for the Welfare Society and E. N. Stiles and W. C. Jewitt for the gathering as a whole.

Tributes to Mr. Banks were paid by Mr. Hurdle, Mr. Diamond, Nor-

man G. Randall, Clem Thompson, Charles Mitchell, of Vancouver and Art Irwin of Trail.

Mr. Banks’ address of thanks may well be the last of the many times a Kimberley audience has felt the impact of his wisdom and philosophy. He ranged over the 34 years he has lived and worked here recalling his first visit to the Concentrator in company of Mr. Diamond in 1924.

He recalled many incidents of early days and urged his listeners to be alert always to ways of contributing to their community. His plea for

the spirit of “communityism”, first voiced at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting a week ago, met with a sympathetic ear.

Hubert Raymond Banks had a brilliant career in his chosen profession. He was born in Toronto in 1891 and received all his schooling there graduating with degrees of B.A.Sc. and Mining Engineer from the University of Toronto in 1914. Upon his graduation, he took up his first mining activities in Humbolt, Arizona.

In 1916, he returned to Canada to enlist in the A. O. T. C. After re-

ceiving his commission he served overseas and reached France in the latter part of 1916, where he served until war’s end. He attained the rank of Captain and was awarded the Military Cross while serving in the Seventh Engineers.

On demobilization, he returned to Humbolt where he was married in 1919. He joined Cominco in February 1924 and after a short time in Trail was transferred to the Sullivan Concentrator as metallurgical engineer. Later that year he was appointed assistant mill superintendent and superintendent in 1931,

a post he held until his retirement at the end of February.

Mr. and Mrs. Banks have four children: Bubbles at home, John in Sudbury, Nicky in Ottawa and Bert at home.

He has always been active in technical and professional activities and was awarded the Toronto Alumni Medal in 1948 and the Inco Medal in 1954.

In his 32 years here there was hardly a community movement that did not feel the benefit of his patient wisdom.

He served for many years in hospital work and was particularly in-

terested in the Chamber of Commerce movement which he felt was the ideal vehicle for the development of his idea “communityism”. At one point he served brilliantly as president of the Associated Boards of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of Southeastern British Columbia.

150 persons present last Friday evening, who included friends from all walks of life as well as his company associates, made certain that “Bert” Banks knew with certainty that he was leaving behind him a host of friends.

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The BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support is hosting a free information session on elder abuse, with local support from Cranbrook Better at Home.

The workshop is open to staff, volunteers, and interested

public who provide services to seniors. It is also for those who provide service to the general public – including seniors (ie: police, firefighters, public libraries, postal services, pharmacies, financial institutions, churches, victim services, restaurants, community meal

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The workshop/info sessions will be held on Tuesday March 24th at the Cranbrook Public Health Unit (20-23rd Ave S Cranbrook) in the Steeples Room.

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We just returned home from the BC Tier 2 Provincials held in Cranbrook. We wanted to let you know what an amazing experience we shared with our team in your town — our first impression flying over your snow dusted mountains, the friendly airport security man, the welcoming and accommodating staff at the Best Western, the lovely lady at the front desk of the Western Financial Place Arena (she let us in to run the stairs), the moms who set up and ran the concession at the Memorial Arena, the incredibly friendly owner and or manager of Eastside Mario’s. — I could go on!

Literally every person we had contact with in Cranbrook was an asset to your city, it must be a great place to live.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making us feel like we were home.

The Hunt/Sears family Vancouver Eastside

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Steve Thomson, Minister of Lands, etc, in his address to hunters in the hunting and trapping regulations, expressed his delight in the fact that over 100,000 hunting licenses were issued last year. That includes children of the ages 10 to 16, who don’t have to take any formal training, but in the charge of a “mentor.”

The image of a 10-year-old, dressed like Rambo, toting a high-powered rifle, makes the blood run cold. Beware hikers, joggers,

cyclists and other hunters.

And if all these hunters are successful — and most of them are, and most of them have more than one tag — well, do the math. And then they complain that they are seeing fewer and fewer critters in the bush.

Must be the predators. Bill Bennett, MLA (a hunter), stated in his letter to the editor that we must engage in an “aggressive management of predators.” In other words, eliminate the competition.

Increased hunter success means more licenses issued means increased revenue for the Province.

D. Forster Kimberley

Cranbrook, you have gone too far lites — not Kimberlarians, as you so insultNo, Cranbrook, you have gone too far!

I am lying here in my hospital bed! My ing name us — down to Cranbrook by ofhospital bed! Yet I find I cannot face sur- fering one cent a litre less than we do. Why gery without addressing this egregious, else would we want to leave our pristine wilderness, where wildlife calamitous, preposterous and humanity exist in perobloquy to our fair comfect harmony, to venture munity, which has existed into your urban sprawl, here, far, far above you, I where urban sprawling might add.

Carolyn deer run amok! So there, Since we are so far Grant Cranbrook! above you — the highest Our tourists, Cranbrook, city in B.C., Cranbrook — are of a higher quality than we are going to take the higher ground. The higher ground, Cran- that!

As for the sign at the Wasa, which you brook!

We have no need to troll for your tour- seem so jealously and defensively protecists, Cranbrook. These tourists are coming tive of, I suspect it is because you do not here! Tourists come to Kimberley for na- want these tourists to see your sewage ture, for good times, for athletic winter ponds at first sight. But as I said, we’re takpursuits. They come to Cranbrook to get ing the high road here — and I do not gas. You are oh so good at that Cranbrook. mean Gray Creek Pass! A detour through And even then, you must entice Kimber- Kimberley en route to Cranbrook refreshes

the mind and spirit of those tourists — a brief sojourn beside a cooling mountain stream before they descend to the concrete jungle that is your Strip.

Our lovely Platzl puts tourists in the mood to spend good Alberta money all over the region, that’s what makes our Platzl great! A whole that is greater than the mere sum of its parts, Cranbrook. The tourists then are in the mood to take your sinkhole tour, your pothole’s greatest hits.

As for the Kimberley/Cranbrook rivalry, not the Cranbrook/Kimberley rivalry as you so condescending venture to label it — rivalry suggests equality, and as we discussed, we are too far along the high road to mention that any further.

Oh, one further thing, Cranbrook. Go Dynamiters Go! Carolyn Grant is Editor of the Kimberley Daily Bulletin

The sign at Wasa Junction What I really, truly, unironically think, is that the sign at the Wasa junction is just fine. And that if it is modified to include directions to Cranbrook through Kimberley, that’s perfectly fine with me. So much the better.

But after the original story appeared on Friday the 13th, about the sign and the idea of modifying it, I thought I saw here an opportunity for humour, over what I think is actually a pretty trivial thing (the sign).

And since the term “longstanding Kimberley/Cranbrook rivalry” was used in the original story, it was my intention to poke a little fun at that, because I agree with one Kimberley correspondent of mine, in response to Thursday’s column, that Kimberley and Cranbrook have a synergistic relation. I consider them prac-

tically one community, except sometimes I feel a little envious about Kimberley’s joyous vibe.

This is one of the things I was trying to achieve in my column “Kimberley, You Have Gone Too Far,” in comparing the great tourist aspects of Kimberley — the Platzl, the Ski Hill, the Nature Park — and how CranBarry brook is currently in the proof reinventing itself the Coulter cess way Kimberley has been since the mine closed — with great success, I want to say. Having lived here 17 years, I have the greatest respect for Kimberley, its culture, its beauty, and the tourist punch it packs.

As for tourists, and the “competition” for tourist dollars, I believe what’s good for Kimberley tourism is good for Cranbrook tourism and vice versa.

By setting myself up as a ranter, as

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someone I’m not (something I do regularly in columns), I try to make a satirical point. Sometimes this style works really well — for example, when I write from the point of view of an angry illegal dumper, the point is made with great success. In this recent case, writing from the point of view of someone obsessed with an ancient rivalry between two towns, it was not a great success. Judging from the general tone of response, it was the opposite of success.

So I would publicly like to say that Kimberley is a great place, a shining jewel in the Purcells, that makes all the communities around it better. If a modified sign at the Wasa junction directs more traffic into Kimberley, so much the better for all of us, I say.

Barry Coulter is the Editor of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman

Letters to the Editor should be a maximum of 400 words in length. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject any contribution. All letters must include the name and daytime phone number of the writer for verification purposes. The phone number will not be printed. Anonymous letters will not be published. Only one letter per month from any particular letter writer will be published. Email letters to editor@dailytownsman.com. Mail to The Daily Townsman, 822 Cranbrook St. N., Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 3R9. In Kimberley, email editor@dailybulletin.ca. Mail to The Daily Bulletin, 335 Spokane Street, Kimberley, BC V1A 1Y9.

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Municipal Pension Retirees’ Assoc (MPRA) Meeting, Monday, March 23, Heritage Hotel, 803 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook.

Meeting 10:45 a.m., Guest Speaker 11:30 a.m., Karen Grant, Cranbrook/Kimberley Hospice Society. Noon-No host luncheon.

Have Camera Will Travel.... Join Keith Corbould presenting “Canal Adventures in Italy & France” at Centre 64 on Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30 pm. Admission by donation to the Kimberley Arts Centre.

2015 FREE FAMILY SWIM Wednesday, March 25, 6:00-7:00pm is sponsored by Exact Tax. Persons 18 years & younger must be accompanied by an adult.

“Far Above the Clouds - Nepal 2014” a travelogue by David and Patricia Stock and Sabine and Gebhard Pfeiffer for Canadian Friends of Nepal. Will include their travels to Annapurna Base Camp and other areas of Nepal. Wed. March 25 and Mon. March 30; 7 pm at the COTR Lecture Theatre. Admission by donation.

Art Movie Night at Centre 64 - Friday, March 27, 2015 at 7:30 pm - “Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring”. Also, A Hands-on Experiment: The Emotional Impact of Cut Paper Design. No Host Bar, snacks, admission by donation. View the movie and stay for conversation afterwards.

Conference: April 17-18, Fri: 7pm, Sat: 9:30am, 2pm, 7pm.

“Kingdom Living: Walking in Emotional Health”. Speakers: Jason and Lauren Vallotton from Redding Calif., at House of Hope Cranbrook, 629-6th St NW. Registration: www.ihopecranbrook. com. Info: 250-421-3784.

April 23 - Legacy Builders Lunch (for those 50 and over), 11:00 a.m.

Spring into Spring with a Salad Buffet lunch. FREE. Just let us know you are coming. Call Abundant Life Church, 250-426-2866. 501 - 11 Ave. S., Cranbrook.

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Mark Creek Lions meet 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Kimbrook.

Meet & Greet from 6:00-6:30pm, supper 6:30-7:00, meeting 7:008:00pm. Contact 250-427-5612 or 250-427-7496. New members welcome – men and ladies!

Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of Wal- Mart.

This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items. (250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.ca Masonic Lodges of B.C. and Yukon will supply transportation to cancer patients who have arrived at Kelowna or Vancouver. This free service will be at the destination point. Example: from airport to clinic and clinic to airport on return, also around the destination city.

Info may be received from your doctor, Canadian Cancer Society, or by phoning Ron at 250-426-8159.

Seniors Autobiographical Writing for those aged 60 or wiser at the Kimberley Library. No writing experience necessary. It’s free.

Tuesdays 10:00 - Noon. Register: Kim Roberts CBAL Coordinator 250-427-4468 or kroberts@cbal.org The Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.

CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 12517th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Donna at 250-426-7136.

Cranbrook Phoenix Toastmasters meet every Thursday, noon -1:00 Heritage Inn. Toastmasters teaches communication & leadership skills. Roberta 250-489-0174. 1911.toastmastersclubs.org.

The Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation invites anyone expecting bone and joint surgery to make contact with local volunteers for peer support. The free Ortho Connect program helps to ease the fear, stress and anxiety that go along with surgery and help patients prepare. 1-800-461-3639 ext 4, and ask for Lauralee.

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Complex visit to the complex ning to believe that I had come to the wrong establishment.

After a few minutes of confusion, without actually patting me on the head, “We don’t stop because we grow old; we the guardian suggested that I might be in the wrong part of the complex and so led grow old because we stop playing.”

G.B. Shaw me at a cracking pace through a myriad hallways to where I was brought to a halt ecently I had occasion – I love that by female staff members who, like hospiexpression – I had occasion to visit a tal nurses, do not deem it necessary to local seniors’ apartment complex. wear recognizable uniforms. Even though An old acquaintance of mine, one Cecil they probably thought of me as a possible escapee, they were quite genLee was in the process tle. of selling the family To this very day, I have idea home and moving into how I was escorted to a table the complex, and comwhere my friend was sipping plex it was.

Peter coffee with a bevy of elderly As my friend Cecil is some of whom were slightly older than I Warland ladies, obviously telling my erstwhile am, I felt it to be my companion what he could and duty to supervise the move. You never know what daft old peo- should do whilst interred. Not one of them seemed to approve of my casual atple are likely to do.

I dressed up just a little for the occasion tire and untidy hair. I experienced what — I’ve no idea why — and drove over there some call ‘the jaundiced eye’.

Because of my suspicious nature, I did without getting lost — after all, the place is way across town — and then parked in an not sample the proffered coffee lest it be inappropriate spot and entered by the drugged and so escaped through ‘caverns wrong door so that the first person that I measureless to man’ and out into the ran into had never even heard of my fresh air where I commenced the seemfriend, Cecil. But the man must have been ingly endless task of remembering where some sort of guardian because, with a wild I’d parked my car, and what colour it was.

Cecil invited me to ‘a sumptuous’ dinlook in his eyes, he dug up a kind of register and waded through it while I carefully ner a few days later and that turned out to spelled out my friend’s name. I was begin- be an epic. Even though I had taken the “We’re very good at being old. We’ve had a lot of practice.”

‘Jimmy’ Warland

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time to scout out the proper entrance the night before, I was foiled at the door that was blocked by a giant sign telling me (and others I assume) that I must make use of another entrance that was indicated by a large arrow. I hobbled round expecting yet another adventure.

By dint of my acute navigational powers, I eventually found myself by the pleasant dining area. Cecil was not there waiting patiently for his guest and I wondered if he might not have gone out somewhere and had been unable to find his way back.

Finally, a kind, matronly lady took me firmly by the arm and pointed. Cecil, who is inclined to be as impetuous as a stalagmite, was at his appointed table tucking in. I sauntered (tottered) over to him and grabbed a seat before starvation took me.

Cecil stopped eating for as long as it took him to introduce me to his table-mates, whose names, as is my wont, I’ve already forgotten. Then I ate.

The meal was good; the lady who served us was kind and patient but, although I believe that those who live there are extremely lucky to have such a place to live, I’ll hang on here for now. I’ve got things to do like start my tomato plants, plan and cook a meal or two and, maybe, make a start on the gazebo I’ve been planning for ages.

Even if they’d have had me, I’ll take a rain check, pro tem.

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Cowtown calling Ice drop pair to Calgary; will face Hitmen in post-season Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Hockey fans in Cranbrook and Calgary were privy to a little firstround playoff preview this weekend as the Ice and Hitmen went headto-head in a home-andhome set to wrap up the 2014-15 WHL season.

The Hitmen chewed out two nail-biting victories -- 2-1 Friday in Cranbrook and 3-2 Sunday in Calgary -- to claim the WHL’s Central Division title and set up a firstround playoff matchup with the Ice. “We’re trying to finish the season strong and obviously they’re fighting for position in the standings,” said Kootenay Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin Friday night. “It’s also that Calgary-Kootenay rivalry that always seems to come out.

“They took it to us good in the second period. Turnovers, lapses in our ‘D’ zone cost us.”

Holfin did all he could Friday, turning aside 29 of 31 shots directed his way, including a jaw-dropper in the second period to keep his team within two goals.

A pair of second-period goals by Loch Morrison and Jordy Stallard couldn’t be pinned on Hoflin as the Hitmen outshot the hosts 19-4 in the middle period.

“We lost it a bit in the second there,” said Kootenay Ice forward Luke Philp Friday. “We did have a good push in the third, in the end we did come close. It was a pretty hard-fought game out there by both teams.

Things are starting to really ramp up.

“Every game now is pretty well close to a playoff game…every game is going to have that playoff-like atmosphere out there.”

It was a goaltending battle of sorts Friday night, as starter Brendan Burke did his part to keep the Hitmen in it during a first period in which the Ice outshot the visitors 13-5.

The 20-year-old puck-stopper turned aside 29 of the 30 shots sent his way, en route to a first-star performance.

The only man to beat Burke was 20-year-old Tim Bozon.

With time winding

down in the third period, the Montreal Canadiens prospect took a backdoor feed from Sam Reinhart before burying into a gaping cage. With Hitmen defenceman Micheal Zipp and forward Kenton Helgesen both in the sin bin, there was all sorts of space for the Kootenay man advantage and it capitalized.

Unfortunately for the home side, that’s all they were able to muster as Burke shut the door in the final moments as Hoflin sat on the bench for the extra attacker.

Sunday afternoon the Ice and Hitmen battled once again, with Travis Sanheim registering the game-winning goal on a mighty blast from the point with 4:17 remaining the third period.

Sanheim’s 15th of the season gave the Hitmen a 3-2 lead and a late push from the visitors came up empty.

Levi Cable scored his 28th of the season for the Ice, with Reinhart adding his 19th.

Helgesen and Stallard replied for the Hitmen to round out the scoring.

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The Kootenay Ice gave out annual team awards prior to puck drop Friday. Goaltender Wyatt Hoflin (far left), forward Tim Bozon (second from right) and forward Luke Philp (right) were recognized as the Haddad Financial Services Three Stars.

Burke earned his second consecutive victory over the Ice with a 23-save performance.

Hoflin also made 25 stops in a losing effort.

With a record of 3731-1-3, the Kootenay Ice finish the season fourth in the Central Division, sixth in the Eastern Conference and in the first wild-card slot.

The Ice face the Hitmen in the first round of the WHL post-season, beginning Friday night with Game 1 scheduled for 7 p.m. in Calgary.

Hardware hand out Taylor Rocc a Sports Editor

Kootenay Ice honour best of 2014-15 season

Prior to puck drop Friday, the Kootenay Ice presented team awards for the 2014-15 season.

Forward Luke Philp hauled in the most hardware, being recognized for four separate awards, including team MVP and Fan Club Player of the Year.

“He’s easily one of the hardest-working guys in this league,” said Ice goaltender Wyatt Hoflin.

“No matter how his games going -- sometimes pucks aren’t bouncing the way he wants them to -- but he still battles. His work ethic is something that every player should strive to have. It’s something you can look up to.”

Philp has had a banner season as he led the Kootenay Ice in scoring with 82 points (30G, 52A).

His assists total is a

new career high as is his point total, having surpassed his marks from the 2013-14 campaign (46A, 77pts).

“I’m extremely honoured about that,” Philp said of his awards recognition. “To get the Players Award, that’s awesome -- it’s probably the best feeling you can have, knowing your teammates think about you like that. To get the fan award, too, that’s pretty cool. But I couldn’t have done it without my teammates.

There’s a lot of guys that could have also had those awards.”

Hoflin was also recognized for his record-setting performance between the pipes this season, earn-

ing the Most Underrated Player award.

“It means a lot for me personally, coming from where I started to where I am now,” Hoflin said. “It’s nice to be recognized by the organization, the fans, everyone that recognized me for the awards I got today.

“Early on, technically, I was improved from last season.

That confidence grew as the season went and it allowed me to get even better at those little things I had been working on since I got here.”

Hoflin’s list of accomplishments through the 2014-15 season truly requires a story all its own.

The native of Spruce Grove, Alta., has set new Kootenay Ice franchise

records for games played (67), minutes played (3,848), saves made (1,837), wins (36) and consecutive games played (29) in a season.

Kootenay Ice Awards: Rod Hunter Ltd. Players Award - Luke Philp; Apollo Ristorante Most Valuable Player Luke Philp; Ron’s Collision/Dixon’s Service Centre Top Defenceman - Rinat Valiev; Alpine Toyota Rookie of the Year - Cale Fleury; Skyway Distributors Most Improved Player Matt Alfaro; BDO Canada LLP Most Underrated Player - Wyatt Hoflin; EKC Community Relations Award - Zak Zborosky; Rocky Mountain Diesel Scholastic Player of the Year - Cale Fleury; Fan Club Player of the Year - Luke Philp; Haddad Financial Services Three Stars: 1) Wyatt Hoflin; 2) Tim Bozon; 3) Luke Philp

Kootenay Ice Scoring Summaries FrIday, March 20

calgary hItMen 2 at Kootenay Ice 1

Three Stars: 1) J. Stallard (CGY); 2) Tr. Sanheim (CGY); 3) S. Reinhart (KTN) Attendance: 14,139

First Period - No scoring Second Period PLAYOFFS: Round 1 1. CGY - L. Morrison, (4) (R. Fazleev, M. Zipp), 9:19 Kootenay Ice vs.

2. CGY - J. Stallard, (5) (E. Peterson, Ta. Sanheim), 14:57 Calgary Hitmen Third Period Game 1 - March 27 at Calgary Game 2 - March 29 at Calgary 3. KTN - T. Bozon, (35) (S. Reinhart, L. Philp), 14:36 (PP) Game 3 - March 31 at Kootenay Shots 1 2 3 T Game 4 - April 1 at Kootenay Calgary Hitmen 5 19 7 31 *Game 5 - April 3 at Calgary Kootenay Ice 13 4 13 30 *Game 6 - April 4 at Kootenay *Game 7 - April 6 at Calgary Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% CGY - Brendan Burke 29/30 60:00 0.967 Scoring Statistics KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 29/31 58:43 0.935 Player GP G A Power plays Luke Philp 71 30 52 Calgary Hitmen 0/1 (00.0%) Jaedon Descheneau 70 34 47 Kootenay Ice 1/4 (25.0%) Sam Reinhart 47 19 46 Tim Bozon 57 35 28 Three Stars: 69 28 23 1) B. Burke (CGY); 2) S. Reinhart (KTN); 3) J. Stallard (CGY) Levi Cable Rinat Valiev 52 9 37 Attendance: 2,598 Zak Zborosky 72 18 22 Austin Vetterl 72 13 26 Tyler King 68 8 29 Sunday, March 22 Matt Alfaro 72 13 20 Kootenay Ice 2 Jon Martin 56 7 17 Troy Murray 72 3 16 at calgary hItMen 3 Ryan Chynoweth 71 5 12 First Period - No scoring Tanner Lishchynsky 35 1 14 Second Period Cale Fleury 70 1 12 Vince Loschiavo 58 6 3 1. KTN - L. Cable, (28) (T. Bozon, S. Reinhart), 3:15 River Beattie 63 5 4 2. CGY - K. Helgesen, (21) (R. Fazleev, P. Karnaukhov), 12:41 Bryan Allbee 48 3 4 (PP) Tanner Faith + 19 1 5 Third Period Lenny Hackman 62 1 5 28 0 3 3. CGY - J. Stallard, (6) (C. Harmsworth, E. Peterson), 1:43 Dylan Overdyk Wyatt Hoflin 67 0 3 4. KTN - S. Reinhart, (19) (unassisted), 9:16 Austin Wellsby 35 1 0 5. CGY - Tr. Sanheim, (15) (J. Stallard, R. Fazleev), 15:43 Shots 1 2 3 T Goaltending Statistics Kootenay Ice 7 9 9 25 Player W L OT/SL SO Calgary Hitmen 12 10 6 28 Wyatt Hoflin 36 26 3 3 Declan Hobbs 0 0 1 0 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% Keelan Williams 1 5 0 0 KTN - Wyatt Hoflin 25/28 59:22 0.893 CGY - Brendan Burke 23/25 59:58 0.920 Power plays Kootenay Ice 0/3 (00.0%) Calgary Hitmen 1/5 (20.0%)

PTS 82 81 65 63 51 46 40 39 37 33 24 19 17 15 13 9 9 7 6 6 3 3 1

PIM 28 58 20 19 12 53 18 56 35 30 86 35 39 34 8 10 41 14 29 4 11 2 9

GAA 3.10 3.98 4.77

SP 0.902 0.875 0.863

Canucks beat Arizona Coyotes CANADIAN PRESS CANUCKS 3, COYOTES 1

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Alexander Edler’s shot glanced off the post and bounced off goaltender Mike Smith’s back and in with 3:13 left to snap a tie for Vancouver.

A day after a stirring win in Los Angeles, the Canucks had hit the post four previous times while Smith stopped 41 shots in a remarkable performance a day after inadvertently banking a clearance pass off Brandon Sutter’s backside and into his own net.

Edler’s goal on the power play helped the second-place Canucks move four points ahead of idle Calgary in the Pacific Division.

Yannick Weber scored in the first period, and Henrik Sedin added an empty-netter with 1:09 left.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on an endto-end play when he roofed the second rebound of his own shot in the first period for his 20th goal for Arizona.

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Nitros take 2-0 lead over Storm in KIJHL championship Taylor Rocc a

The Kimberley Dynamiters are in the driver’s seat of the KIJHL championship and headed for Kamloops with a 2-0 series lead following a 6-3 victory over the Kamloops Storm Sunday night.

On Saturday, the Dynamiters took a Game 1 victory by a 3-2 final, with captain Jason Richter playing the hero in front of 1,208 fans at the Kimberley Civic Centre.

“Obviously it’s nice, but like [head coach] Jerry [Bancks] always says, you’ve got to worry about your next shift,” Richter said Saturday night. “We’re going to worry about the next game. It’s a little bit high in the dressing room, but we keep it pretty even keel. Our only worry is on the next game.”

As has been the case for the duration of the post-season, Richter got it done at both ends of the rink Saturday night.

Earlier in the game, the Cranbrook native threw himself in front of a heavy point shot, blocking the blast with his knee, before gingerly making his way back to the bench. The captain didn’t miss a shift.

“At the start of the year, we all pretty much made a promise to the team that we would lay out and block shots no matter what happens, no matter how much it hurts,” Richter said. “You know when you get back to the bench, everyone’s giving you pats on the butt. The pain feels good.

It just comes natural now. You just do it.”

Braden Saretsky continued his torrid scoring pace, registering three goals and an assist to help fuel the Nitros in Game 2 Sunday night.

After scoring 19 goals in 44 regular-season games split between the Summerland Steam and Kimberley Dynamiters, the 18-year-old native of West Kelowna has been lights out in the post-season, leading the KIJHL with 16 goals through 18 games.

“I’ve just been shooting the puck lots on the power play. I’ve been getting good opportunities and I’ve been lucky enough to bury most of them,” Saretsky said

Sunday night. “I have to give it to my teammates as well. [Jared] Marchi has probably assisted on half or more of all them on the power play.”

Saretsky tallied his first of the night with a second-period marker that gave his team a 3-1 advantage.

In tight, the 5-foot-11 forward patiently out-waited Storm goaltender Jacob Mullen before finding a hole high and beating the 20-yearold puck-stopper.

Saretsky wrapped up his hat-trick performance with a pair of blasts from the point, both assisted by Marchi.

The first came with the two teams skating four-on-four during a penalty-filled third period. The last tally found twine midway through the final period on the man advantage.

“[We] made a promise...we would lay out & block shots no matter what...The pain feels good...You just do it.”

Dynamiters captain Jason Richter Saretsky’s hat-trick marker gave the home team a 6-2 lead.

Outside of Saretsky’s spectacular performance, the officiating took centre stage in Game 2, particularly in the third period.

Tempers flared on both sides as the officials lost control of Game 2 before trying desperately to reel it back in.

“Sometimes you want to say something, but you’ve got to have a second voice in the back of your head telling you not to do it,” Saretsky said of the high emotions. “You’ve just got to think about the team, think about the boys and what we’re going through.

“Everyone is thinking the same thing and no one is saying it. You’ve got to keep your composure and leave the talking to the coaches.”

A grand total of 40 penalty minutes were handed out in the third period of Game 2.

Through the five periods

previous, only 10 penalty minutes had been handed out, collectively. The discouraging part of it all was, despite the penalties doled out, there were plenty more that went uncalled as the playing surface became an allout battlefield.

“I don’t know why it transpired the way it did,” said Kimberley Dynamiters head coach Jerry Bancks. “It is what it is. It’s hockey and sometimes it gets like that. I try to tell my guys to stay calm and skate away from all the stuff.

“Don’t lose sight of the prize. One of our mottos is ‘Don’t get too high, don’t get too low.’

You’ve just got to control your emotions. I’m a big believer that a lot of wasted energy can go into getting into screaming, yelling, pushing and shoving. Just control your emotions and get back to the bench.

Sometimes you’ve got to take a punch for the team to be successful.

“Get on the bench, take some deep breaths and get ready for your next shift. That’s all that really matters is your next shift. Being able to skate away from some of that stuff, you’ll find some of the best players there are anywhere are people that can do that.

They play hard, they play tough, but they control their emotions.”

Storm forward Ian Chrystal and defenceman Alex Winters had their nights end early as both were tagged with 10-minute misconducts during the final five minutes of regulation.

“It’s playoff hockey and the refs are going to call it the way they want to see it called,” Storm head coach Ed Patterson told Adam Williams of Kamloops This Week.

“We were just a little slow to adapt to what was being let go and once we got on that page, they backed down. We’ll see what happens come Game 3.”

After burning Mullen for three goals on 16 shots in Game 1, the Dynamiters took the onslaught one step further in Game 2 Sunday night, chasing the native of Coeur D’Alene, Id., in the second period.

“He’s a big goalie, so

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Kimberley Dynamiters forward Braden Saretsky (#17) celebrates one of his three goals during Game 2 of the KIJHL championship, while Kamloops Storm forward Brett Watkinson (#45) shows his frustration. you’ve got to get his eyes. You’ve got to make sure you get screens,” Saretsky said of chasing Mullen. “Shots from the point work a lot on him because we’re taking away his eyes and he can’t see much. We’ve got to keep doing that.”

Mullen surrendered four goals on 18 shots in Game 2, giving way to 17-year-old Bailey De Palma after Alex Rosolowsky put the hosts ahead 4-1 with a power-play goal at 15:54 of the second period.

“Give them credit, they’ve buried their chances when they’ve had them,” Patterson said. “Our goaltending hasn’t been sharp, our defensive zone hasn’t been sharp. Basically, we got a little cocky after beating Osoyoos, thought we were top dog, and they’ve come here and worked hard.”

The play that ended Mullen’s night was a particularly ugly one as the Storm goaltender punched a rebound out into the slot where Rosolowsky collected the puck and deposited it into the gaping cage.

Dynamiters forward Keenan Haase started the scoring midway through the first period, sending a quick release past Mullen’s high blocker side.

With time winding down in the opening period, Nitros defenceman James Jowsey fired a long, soft point shot towards the net. The puck found its way through a maze of legs before squeaking through Mullen short side for a 2-0 Dynamiters lead.

The Storm found life late in the first period as

affiliate player Max Patterson banged home a rebound on the power play to cut into the Kimberley lead.

Patterson wrapped the night with a goal and an assist.

Kamloops carried that energy into the second period, but the tide soon turned as Saretsky beat Mullen for his first of the night.

Another late power-play goal gave the Storm life heading into the break as Mitch Friesen unleashed a blast that beat Brouwer over the shoulder to make it 4-2.

Friesen added his second of the night to round out the scoring, tallying an unassisted power-play goal with 3:11 to play in the third period.

Nitros goaltender Tyson Brouwer made 25 saves for his 14th victory of the post-season.

De Palma finished the night with nine stops on 11 shots.

A total of 978 fans took in Sunday’s action at the Kimberley Civic Centre.

Game 3 goes Tuesday night at McArthur Park Arena in Kamloops.

Notes: A moment of

silence was held prior to Game 1 in honour of former Kimberley Dynamiters player Robert Brooks. A member of the Cranbrook Colts 199598) and Dynamiters (1998-99), Brooks passed away due to liver disease at age 36.

The Townsman/Bulletin has you covered for the KIJHL championship as sports editor Taylor Rocca will be headed to Kamloops for Games 3 & 4. For live updates, follow Taylor on Twitter (@taylorrocca) and keep eyes on dailytownsman.com/ kijhl/ for nightly game stories.

Kimberley Dynamiters Scoring Summaries SaturDay, March 21

KaMloopS StorM 2 at KiMberley DynaMiterS 3

First Period - No scoring Second Period 1. KIM - J. Marchi, (B. Saretsky, J. Richter), 11:23 2. KAM - M. O’Shaughnessy, (F. Larouche), 0:47 (PP) Third Period 3. KIM - C. Prevost, (E. Buckley), 14:24 4. KIM - J. Richter, (B. Saretsky), 4:34 5. KAM - K. Gordon, (F. Larouche, A. Winters), 2:06 Shots 1 2 3 T Kamloops Storm 8 11 8 27 Kimberley Dynamiters 6 4 4 14 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KAM - Jacob Mullen 13/16 58:30 0.813 KIM - Tyson Brouwer 25/27 60:00 0.926 Power plays Kamloops - 1/1 (100.0%); Kimberley - 0/0 (00.0%) Attendance: 1,208 SunDay, March 22

KaMloopS StorM 3 at KiMberley DynaMiterS 6

First Period 1. KIM - K. Haase, (A. Rosolowsky), 11:51 2. KIM - J. Jowsey, (J. Richter, B. Saretsky), 1:12 3. KAM - M. Patterson, (F. Larouche), 0:16 (PP) Second Period 4. KIM - B. Saretsky, (J. Richter), 12:26 5. KIM - A. Rosolowsky, (J. Gordon), 6:06 (PP) 6. KAM - M. Friesen, (M. Patterson), 2:32 (PP) Third Period 7. KIM - B. Saretsky, (J. Marchi), 13:39 8. KIM - B. Saretsky, (J. Marchi), 9:49 (PP) 9. KAM - M. Friesen, (unassisted), 3:11 (PP) Shots 1 2 3 T Kamloops Storm 9 11 9 29 Kimberley Dynamiters 8 12 8 28 Goaltenders Saves Mins SV% KAM - Jacob Mullen 14/18 33:54 0.778 Bailey De Palma 9/11 26:06 0.818 KIM - Tyson Brouwer 25/28 60:00 0.893

Power plays Kamloops - 3/6 (50.0%); Kimberley - 2/7 (28.6%) Attendance: 978

Playoff Scoring Statistics

Player Braden Saretsky Coy Prevost Jason Richter Jared Marchi Keenan Haase Eric Buckley Alex Rosolowsky Justin Meier James Jowsey Jesse Wallace Tyler Kinnon Sawyer Hunt Jordan Busch

GP 18 18 18 18 18 18 15 18 18 18 18 15 18 Trevor Van Steinburg 14 Brady Revie 17 Jordan Roy 7 Jonas Gordon 17 Lincoln Lane 16 Charles Dagostin 14 Rory Mallard 7 Marco Campanella 4

G 16 11 4 2 5 6 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

A 9 7 11 13 6 4 3 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0

PTS 25 18 15 15 11 10 6 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

PIM 14 10 16 6 8 18 0 24 6 16 18 10 6 0 14 6 10 4 4 4 0

W L SO GAA SP 14 2 2 1.64 0.944 0 2 0 5.60 0.787

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) All eyes look to you for advice about important issues. No matter what your status might be, you’ll have several admirers who can’t seem to get enough of you. Follow your intuition, and focus on the long term when making decisions. Tonight: Decide who and what.

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Dear Annie: This letter is in response to “Bob,” who has the “misfortune” of knowing “Joe,” who has Asperger syndrome and is invited everywhere within his circle of friends.

I say “misfortune” because if Bob cannot see past Joe’s lack of social skills to the person he is underneath, then Bob is the less fortunate person. Joe probably never had anyone in his life teach him the finer points of communication and friendship. For someone with Asperger’s, these traits do not come naturally or through regular interaction with others.

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I am the mom of a 22-year-old “Aspie.” My husband and I spent hours teaching our son social skills, and our hard work has paid off tremendously. Our son is still socially awkward and misses some of the finer social cues, but he is flourishing at university and has a diverse circle of friends.

If Joe were blind and constantly tripping over Bob’s furniture, I’m sure Bob would not exclude him because of it. Bob could be a real friend and help Joe maneuver through social situations in a positive way. -- A Mom Who Cares Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Merchandise for Sale

Send resumé to Bootleg Gap Golf:

Antiques / Vintage

Attn: Joe Illes Email: proshop@ bootleggapgolf.com

BY FAX- 250-427-4077

Approximately 4 ft. wide.

4 drawers.

Services

Health Products

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ANTIQUE OAK desk.

In excellent condition. $100.

Please call 250-417-0929

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250-427-7525

ANTIQUE OAK desk.

Approximately 4 ft. wide.

4 drawers.

In excellent condition. $100.

Please call 250-417-0929

Heavy Duty Machinery

Asking $1200.

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200.

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Sport Utility Vehicle

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Rentals Commercial/ Industrial

$10,500.

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Furniture

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Pets & Livestock

Bootleg Gap Golf requires line cooks for the 2015 season.

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HYDRAULIC CHAIR, sink chair, dryer chair, hairstyling supplies.

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Misc. for Sale 24” Ashford rigid heddle loom, $150. (250)489-2289

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Mortgages

$3750.

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Legal

Legal Notices WILLIAMS MOVING & STORAGE Under the Warehouseman’s Lien Act:

The following goods will be sold at public auction in Lethbridge, AB.

McLeod, Donna Huppe, Al Tady, Lori

Mortgages

Janis Caldwell-Sawley Mortgage Specialist Royal Bank of Canada janis.sawley@rbc.com mortgage.rbc.com/janis.sawley Serving the East Kootenays

Tel.: 250-417-1336

Richard III honoured at site of death in 1485 before ceremonious reburial Associated Press

LONDON - Richard III was finally getting the ceremony and honour a king deserves, 530 years after his ignominious death in battle.

Hundreds of people, including some in period costume and armour, turned out in Leicestershire on Sunday to watch a procession carrying the remains of the medieval king whose bones were found in 2012 under a parking lot. The cortege made its way to Leicester Cathedral, where the monarch will be properly reburied.

Richard, the last Plantagenet king, was killed in battle against Henry Tudor in 1485 and buried hastily without a coffin in a long-demolished monastery.

His bones weren’t found until 2012, when

archaeologists excavated them from a Leicester parking lot. DNA tests, bone analysis and other scientific scrutiny established that the skeleton belonged to the king.

On Sunday, a hearse carrying the monarch’s remains, sealed inside an oak coffin, processed through Leicestershire’s countryside to Bosworth, the battlefield where the monarch fell.

Crowds lined the route of the cortege, and re-enactors in costume fired cannons in a 21gun salute.

Michael Ibsen, a descendant of the monarch who built the coffin that carried Richard’s remains, was among academics and others who placed white roses on the casket during a short ceremony earlier Sunday.

The coffin will lie in Leicester Cathedral, where it will be lowered into a tomb on Thursday.

“His reburial at the end of the week will have all the dignity and solemnity that his original burial never had,” said Phil Stone, chair of the Richard III Society.

It was time to reconsider the king’s legacy, he added.

The monarch was most famously portrayed as a hunchbacked villain in Shakespeare’s play “Richard III,” though some historians say he was a relatively enlightened monarch whose name was besmirched by his opponents.

“Let us remember King Richard III: The good king. The warrior king,” Stone said.

Steve Fonyo out of coma, has head injury after violent home invasion Canadian Press

SURREY, B.C. - More than a month after Steve Fonyo was stabbed during a violent home invasion, he has been lifted from an induced coma but is suffering from memory loss and slurred speech.

His sister Suzanne Main said on Sunday that doctors have diagnosed him with a head injury but they don’t know whether it will be permanent and her family is holding out hope for a full recovery.

“When we arrived yesterday to visit him, he said, ‘Oh, I’m so happy that you’re here,’ and he started to cry and he gave me a big hug,” said Main, in a phone interview at her brother’s hospital bedside.

“It’s hard. We’re accepting the fact that he has a brain injury but we’re hopeful that he will recover. We’re looking at it from day one when he was in a coma, and now he’s better. It’s just a waiting game.”

She said the medically induced coma was slowly lifted about two weeks earlier, but her visit this weekend marked the first time she had seen him awake since the Feb. 13 attack.

RCMP have said the 49-year-old was transported to hospital after an early morning stabbing at a home in Surrey, south of Vancouver. Investigators believed three men stormed the home in what was likely a targeted attack.

Main said Fonyo has since recovered from a collapsed lung he suffered in the stabbing. She added his feeding

tube was removed on Saturday and he can now eat soft foods.

But an MRI identified the head trauma, which is causing his voice to be slurred and his eyes to roll around when he talks. And because he has short-term memory loss, he has complained of a lack of visitors - when in fact Main’s daughter has visited daily.

“He’s aggravated. He wants to get out. We told him that people care about you and you’ve been on the news. And he said ‘Oh really? Oh, oh.’

He was happy to hear that.”

Main said the head injury is preventing Mounties from interviewing Fonyo.

“They don’t know anything until they interview Steve, and he’s not quite ready to give an interview,” she said.

“It’s very frustrating. Definitely, we’d like to know. We’re hoping that one day police will find whoever did it and press some charges. But we don’t know. We don’t know what happened.”

Surrey RCMP did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

Fonyo, who lost a leg to bone cancer as a child, first became known to Canadians in 1984 when he ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research.

But his achievements were later overshadowed by criminal convictions and jail on charges including fraud, theft and assault with a weapon. He was formally stripped of the Order of Canada in 2010.

The Cranbrook Food Bank needs your help.

Drop boxes at Safeway and Save On Foods Food Bank office 104-8th Ave. S. • 250-426-7664 (from 10am-3pm)